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Universidad Privada de Tacna

In research, Universidad Privada de Tacna stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,165 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,709 of 5,988 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,790 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law (Law is 10.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,004
of 22,385 · #10,201 all time
Rank in Peru
#35
of 99
Research works
677
▲ 73% vs 2018-21
Citations
950
1.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
91%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Universidad Privada de Tacna

What is Universidad Privada de Tacna known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,165 of 9,585 10.2%201 #5127
Social SciencesField #2,709 of 5,988 12.9%121 #4522
Health SciencesDomain #7,790 of 9,902 6.5%63 #12054

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad Privada de Tacna sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#5,127 #3,165
  2. Social Sciences#4,522 #2,709
  3. Health Sciences#12,054 #7,790
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Universidad Privada de Tacna work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Universidad Privada de Tacna is in Social Sciences, 19% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Business, Management and Accounting (10%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 216 fractional works · 57.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 128 fractional works · 34.2% of its workEducation: 36 fractional works · 9.7% of its workLaw: 23 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 36 fractional works · 9.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 18 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 22 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 23 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 71 fractional works · 18.9% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 9.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 16 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOrthodontics: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOral Surgery: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPeriodontics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 63 fractional works · 16.7% of its workComputer Science: 26 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInformation Systems: 15 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadPrivada de Tacna374fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences58%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12834.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting369.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance236.2%
    4. Psychology236.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities51.3%
    6. Decision Sciences20.5%
    1. Medicine359.3%
    2. Health Professions195.0%
    3. Dentistry164.4%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Computer Science266.9%
    2. Environmental Science195.0%
    3. Engineering102.6%
    4. Materials Science20.7%
    5. Energy20.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    7. Chemistry10.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences164.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology61.5%
    3. Neuroscience20.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universidad Privada de Tacna specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 10.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 23.4 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 9.03× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.88× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.00× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.92× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.00× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 128 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry9.03×16 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.00×36 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.92×23 works
  4. Social Sciences2.70×128 works
  5. Psychology2.00×23 works
  6. Health Professions1.88×19 works
  7. Environmental Science1.02×19 works
  8. Computer Science0.88×26 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.87×16 works
  10. Energy0.67×2 works
  11. Nursing0.60×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.53×2 works
  13. Medicine0.48×35 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.43×5 works
  15. Neuroscience0.31×2 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×2 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×6 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.20×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.19×2 works
  21. Engineering0.17×10 works
  22. Veterinary0.16×0 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×0 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.06×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  26. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidad Privada de Tacna?

Ranked on the quality score, Gilber Chura‐Quispe, Sam M. Espinoza Vidaurre and María Mihaela Iuga lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad Privada de Tacna.

  1. 1 Gilber Chura‐Quispe Peru · #2,649,415 worldwide 95 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Sam M. Espinoza Vidaurre Peru · #2,776,887 worldwide 72 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 María Mihaela Iuga Peru · #2,790,041 worldwide 12 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Diana Manuela Ticona Peru · #3,134,266 worldwide 41 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Cesar Augusto Copaja Corzo Peru · #3,315,425 worldwide 298 citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Ricardo Jiménez Palacios Peru · #3,331,064 worldwide 41 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Jesús Gordillo Begazo Peru · #3,431,696 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Brayan Miranda-Chávez Peru · #3,604,318 worldwide 64 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Miguel Hueda-Zavaleta Peru · #3,695,092 worldwide 270 citations · 67 works
  10. 10 Omar Pezo Jiménez Peru · #3,748,360 worldwide 18 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad Privada de Tacna

What are the most cited papers from Universidad Privada de Tacna?

The most cited paper from Universidad Privada de Tacna is "Challenges and Opportunities of AI-Assisted Learning: A Systematic Literature Review on the Impact of ChatGPT Usage in Higher Education" (Alfonso Renato Vargas-Murillo, Ilda Nadia Monica de la Asunción Pari-Bedoya, Francisco de Jesús Guevara-Soto, 2023), with 141 citations. Next come "Fish‐flamingo‐plankton interactions in the Peruvian Andes1" (130) and "Reference values for oxygen saturation from sea level to the highest human habitation in the Andes in acclimatised persons" (92).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Challenges and Opportunities of AI-Assisted Learning: A Systematic Literature Review on the Impact of ChatGPT Usage in Higher Education Alfonso Renato Vargas-Murillo, Ilda Nadia Monica de la Asunción Pari-Bedoya, Francisco de Jesús Guevara-Soto · International Journal of Learning Teaching and Educational Research ReviewOpen access 30 Jul 2023 141
2 Fish‐flamingo‐plankton interactions in the Peruvian Andes1 Stuart H. Hurlbert, Washington Loayza, Tomas Moreno · Limnology and Oceanography Open access May 1986 130
3 Reference values for oxygen saturation from sea level to the highest human habitation in the Andes in acclimatised persons José Rojas-Camayo, Christian Richard Mejia, David Callacondo et al. · Thorax Open access 20 Oct 2017 92
4 Performance of ChatGPT on the Peruvian National Licensing Medical Examination: Cross-Sectional Study Javier A. Flores-Cohaila, Abigaíl García-Vicente, Sonia F Vizcarra-Jiménez et al. · JMIR Medical Education Open access 5 Sep 2023 90
5 Nomophobia and Its Associated Factors in Peruvian Medical Students Cesar Augusto Copaja Corzo, Carlos Jesús Aragón-Ayala, Álvaro Taype-Rondán et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Open access 20 Apr 2022 58
All 64 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universidad Privada de Tacna?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Innovation, Competitiveness, Small and Medium Enterprises, Digital Marketing, Human Rights, Innovation Ecosystems and Social Responsibility.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Education42▲ 6.6×23 topics
  2. Innovation33▲ 8.5×16 topics
  3. Competitiveness26▲ 89×5 topics
  4. Small and Medium Enterprises25▲ 38×3 topics
  5. Digital Marketing24▲ 17×2 topics
  6. Human Rights24▲ 6.2×23 topics
  7. Globalization23▲ 3.1×23 topics
  8. Sustainability21▲ 2.3×32 topics
  9. COVID-1920▲ 4.2×16 topics
  10. Innovation Ecosystems20▲ 54×2 topics
  11. Social Responsibility20▲ 23×2 topics
  12. Knowledge Management20▲ 9.6×14 topics
  13. Globalization Effects20▲ 77×2 topics
  14. Economic Impact20▲ 9.8×2 topics
  15. Urban Development20▲ 15×3 topics
  16. Psychopharmacology Education19▲ 83×1 topic
  17. Tourism Management19▲ 74×1 topic
  18. Organizational Culture19▲ 13×6 topics
  19. E-Learning18▲ 5.2×13 topics
  20. Sustainable Development17▲ 3.0×16 topics
  21. Teacher Training16▲ 6.8×8 topics
  22. Leadership15▲ 8.4×7 topics
  23. Entrepreneurship14▲ 9.7×6 topics
  24. Latin America13▲ 19×13 topics
  25. Pedagogy13▲ 7.1×5 topics
  26. Distance Learning13▲ 9.9×6 topics
  27. Public Policy13▲ 7.2×8 topics
  28. Inclusive Education12▲ 9.2×7 topics
  29. Student Performance12▲ 29×2 topics
  30. Social Impact11▲ 7.8×7 topics
  31. Criminal Justice11▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Digital Competence11▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Digitalization11▲ 14×5 topics
  34. Digital Divide11▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Online Education10▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Educational Leadership10▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Healthcare Access10▲ 10×6 topics
  38. ICT10▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Quality Education10▲ 76×1 topic
  40. Virtual Teaching10▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Universidad Privada de Tacna publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Education and Teacher Training, Educational Innovations and Technology and Educational and Organizational Development.

Business, Innovation, an…19Business, Innovation, and Economy: 19 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 10 fractional worksEducational Innovations …10Educational Innovations and Technology: 10 fractional worksEducational and Organiza…10Educational and Organizational Development: 10 fractional worksSocial Issues and Policies in Latin America: 7 fractional worksComparative International Legal Studies: 6 fractional worksStress and Burnout Resea…6Stress and Burnout Research: 6 fractional worksBusiness, Education, Mathematics Research: 6 fractional worksLegal processes and jurisprudence: 6 fractional worksDiverse Applied Research Studies: 5 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsEducationInformation SystemsOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 19 works
  2. 2 Education and Teacher Training Education 10 works
  3. 3 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 10 works
  4. 4 Educational and Organizational Development Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10 works
  5. 5 Social Issues and Policies in Latin America Law 7 works
  6. 6 Comparative International Legal Studies Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  7. 7 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 6 works
  8. 8 Business, Education, Mathematics Research Accounting 6 works
  9. 9 Legal processes and jurisprudence Law 6 works
  10. 10 Diverse Applied Research Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available90.7%not open9.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidad Privada de Tacna's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 73% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Universidad Privada de Tacna as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Universidad Privada de Tacna0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidad Privada de Tacna over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Universidad Privada de Tacna7.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.0% in 2024.

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